Tech
NASA Explains How Climate Change Is Like the Flu
Like some of us mere mortals, Earth has a “fever.”
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NASA Awards Flurry of Contracts for IT Services Under SEWP V
The winning vendors reveals a who’s-who of IT defense contractors.
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Here’s How the Incoming USAID Tech Guru Plans to Fight Ebola
Ruggedized tablets, belt-worn printers and a high-tech alternative to stifling protective suits among the ideas.
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VanRoekel’s Successor: Why the Next Federal CIO Could be a Familiar Face
The search to fill the latest vacancy left by former Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel probably won’t end in Silicon Valley, experts say.
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Army Network Hacked By Gamers Seeking Apache Helicopter Simulator
$100M worth of proprietary data on Xbox, Call of Duty, and other entertainment poached.
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Why a Refrigerator-Sized Spacecraft Could be Humanity’s Best Hope Against Solar Storms
A refrigerator-sized spacecraft will give scientists advance notice of a solar storm affecting Earth.
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Watchdog: Don’t Rule Out Organic Kitty Litter as Culprit in Nuclear Waste Radiation Leak
DOE IG says Los Alamos Lab did not assess chemical incompatibility problems.
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Tangled Up in FOIA Requests, Agencies Turn to Technology
Think user experience to simplify back-end processes.
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VA CIO: Scheduling System Software Will Be Fielded by 2017, Not 2020
The department says a chart depicting a full rollout not until 2020 was outdated and it's committed to a two-year rollout.
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Government, the Last Great Technology Skeptic
Aversion to technology remains an issue in all branches of government.
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Does the Intelligence Community Really Get Hadoop?
Intelligence experts say the government needs to hire more data scientists to keep up with the big-data savvy private sector.
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NOAA Taps New Head for Satellite Programs
Chief among new NOAA satellite guru’s priorities will be overseeing two new programs worth a collective $20 billion
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FCC Unanimously Strikes Down NFL Blackout Rule
Commissioner calls the ruling a "victory for fans."
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The Defense Industry Is Expanding the Use of 3D Printing
The Navy is still several years away from being able to print spare parts for ships and airplanes, but ‘that day will surely come.’ By Marcus Weisgerber
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Hush-hush Data Firm Palantir Snags ICE Case-Tracking Deal
The deal is part of an $818 million program to replace a 1980s-era watch-list system.
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No New VA Patient Schedule System Until 2020 (UPDATED)
VA aims to roll out new software to first 300 users in 2016.
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Report: Agencies Continue to Buck ‘Cloud First’ Policy -- And The Lack of Savings Shows It
Consider moving legacy systems to the cloud, GAO says.
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Fuzzy Math on Data Centers Could Sink Further Savings, GAO Warns
The Pentagon, alone, changed cost savings estimates three times.
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Disarray or Dream Team? DHS Cyber Efforts Under Scrutiny
DHS insists it’s building a strong cyber team, but spate of departures loom large.
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